1. Biosorption of hexavalent chromium using biofilm of E. coli supported on granulated activated carbon

   • Rabei M. Gabr
   • Sanaa M. F. Gad-Elrab
   • Ahmed A. M. Shoreit

   Original Paper 26 May 2009 Pages: 1695 - 1703

   

2. Effect of soybean oil on the production of mycelial biomass and pleuromutilin in the shake-flask culture of Pleurotus mutilis

   • Changhua Hu
   • Yi Zou
   • Wenting Zhao

   Original Paper 17 May 2009 Pages: 1705 - 1711

   

3. Biodepolymerization studies of low rank Indian coals

   • A. V. Selvi
   • Rintu Banerjee
   • G. Singh

   Original Paper 24 May 2009 Pages: 1713 - 1720

   

4. Combination of newly developed high quality Fuqu with traditional Daqu for Luzhou-flavor liquor brewing

   • Wen-Xue Zhang
   • Zheng-Yun Wu
   • Heng Li

   Original Paper 22 May 2009 Pages: 1721 - 1726

   

5. Isolation and characterization of culturable halophilic microorganisms of salt ponds in Lianyungang, China

   • Hongyu Wen
   • Liu Yang
   • Qijiang Jin

   Original Paper 18 June 2009 Pages: 1727 - 1732

   

6. Redox-mediated decolorization of recalcitrant textile dyes by Trichoderma harzianum WL1 laccase

   • S. Sadhasivam
   • S. Savitha
   • K. Swaminathan

   Original Paper 26 May 2009 Pages: 1733 - 1741

   

7. Antibiotic resistance profiles of Escherichia coli isolates from river sources in Durban, South Africa

   • Ademola O. Olaniran
   • Kovashnee Naicker
   • Balakrishna Pillay

   Original Paper 31 May 2009 Pages: 1743 - 1749

   

8. Screening of bacteria to produce polyhydroxyalkanoates from xylose

   • Mateus Schreiner Garcez Lopes
   • Rafael Costa Santos Rocha
   • Luiziana Ferreira da Silva

   Original Paper 02 June 2009 Pages: 1751 - 1756

   

9. Bacteriosomes in axenic plants: endophytes as stable endosymbionts

   • Cristina Vieira de Almeida
   • Fernando Dini Andreote
   • Marcílio de Almeida

   Original Paper 30 May 2009 Pages: 1757 - 1764

   

10. Molecular mapping of rice blast resistance gene Pi-1(t) in the elite indica variety Samba mahsuri

    • M. Srinivas Prasad
    • B. Aruna Kanthi
    • B. C. Viraktamath

    Original Paper 07 June 2009 Pages: 1765 - 1769

    

11. Biosorption of heavy metals by lyophilized cells of Pseudomonas stutzeri

    • Sang Eun Oh
    • Sedky H. A. Hassan
    • Jin Ho Joo

    Original Paper 31 May 2009 Pages: 1771 - 1778

    

12. Both the AOX1 promoter and the FLD1 promoter work together in a Pichia pastoris expression vector

    • Huiming Duan
    • Sirajo Umar
    • Jinchun Chen

    Original Paper 06 June 2009 Pages: 1779 - 1783

    

13. Gibberellin production by pure cultures of a new strain of Aspergillus fumigatus

    • Muhammad Hamayun
    • Sumera Afzal Khan
    • In-Jung Lee

    Original Paper 06 June 2009 Pages: 1785 - 1792

    

14. Concentration of fungal ligninolytic enzymes by ultrafiltration and their use in distillery effluent decolorization

    • Deepak Pant
    • Alok Adholeya

    Original Paper 07 June 2009 Pages: 1793 - 1800

    

15. Influences of protectants, rehydration media and storage on the viability of freeze-dried Oenococcus oeni for malolactic fermentation

    • Guoqun Zhao
    • Gui Zhang

    Original Paper 11 June 2009 Pages: 1801 - 1806

16. Influence of Agrobacterium rhizogenes on induction of hairy roots and benzylisoquinoline alkaloids production in Persian poppy (Papaver bracteatum Lindl.): preliminary report

    • Sara Rostampour
    • Haleh Hashemi Sohi
    • Ehsan Ansari

    Original Paper 20 June 2009 Pages: 1807 - 1814

    

17. Fungal selectivity of two mycorrhiza helper bacteria on five mycorrhizal fungi associated with Pinus thunbergii

    • Ryota Kataoka
    • Takeshi Taniguchi
    • Kazuyoshi Futai

    Original Paper 25 June 2009 Pages: 1815 - 1819

    

18. Synergistic biodegradation of pentachlorophenol by Bacillus cereus (DQ002384), Serratia marcescens (AY927692) and Serratia marcescens (DQ002385)

    • Shail Singh
    • B. B. Singh
    • V. Rai

    Original Paper 18 June 2009 Pages: 1821 - 1828

    

19. Plant growth promotion by a hexavalent chromium reducing bacterial strain, Cellulosimicrobium cellulans KUCr3

    • Swagata Chatterjee
    • Gopi Ballav Sau
    • Samir Kumar Mukherjee

    Original Paper 19 June 2009 Pages: 1829 - 1836

    

20. Effect of prebiotics on bacteriocin production and cholesterol lowering activity of Pediococcus acidilactici LAB 5

    • Vivekananda Mandal
    • Sukanta Kumar Sen
    • Narayan Chandra Mandal

    Original Paper 18 June 2009 Pages: 1837 - 1847

    

21. Biosorption of nickel(II) ions by using chemically pre-treated Sargassum filipendula biomass in a fixed bed column

    • Márcia Teresinha Veit
    • Edson Antonio da Silva
    • Luiz Gustavo de Lima Vaz

    Original Paper 25 June 2009 Pages: 1849 - 1856

    

22. Transformed soybean (Glycine max) roots as a tool for the study of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

    • Laura Fernández
    • Vanesa Silvani
    • Alicia Godeas

    Short Communication 22 May 2009 Pages: 1857 - 1863

    

23. Horizontal transfer of non-conjugative plasmid in colony biofilm of Escherichia coli on food-based media

    • Tsuyako Ando
    • Saki Itakura
    • Sumio Maeda

    Short Communication 26 May 2009 Pages: 1865 - 1869

    

24. A novel multi-stage preculture strategy of Rhizopus oryzae ME-F12 for fumaric acid production in a stirred-tank reactor

    • Yongqian Fu
    • Qing Xu
    • Yao Chen

    Short Communication 02 June 2009 Pages: 1871 - 1876

    

25. Molecular characterization of the genome of Bacillus subtilis (natto) bacteriophage PM1, a phage associated with disruption of food production

    • Kenichi Umene
    • Satoko Oohashi
    • Atsushi Shiraishi

    Short Communication 25 June 2009 Pages: 1877 - 1881

    

26. Tryptophan dimer produced by water-stressed bahia grass is an attractant for Gigaspora margarita and Glomus caledonium

    • Sachie Horii
    • Atsushi Matsumura
    • Takaaki Ishii

    Erratum 05 August 2009 Pages: 1883 - 1885